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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Today, I'm spending some time developing the new web site, so I offer this article I wrote awhile back on Wizzley: How Standing for Peace Five Minutes a Day Changes Me. I'd be pleased if you would check it out, leave a comment, tell me what you think. Here's an excerpt.

I tend to be a fairly calm person. That is, I tend to be a fairly calm person until something riles me. I can flash like a whole mob. ... On the days I stand for peace, the moment I begin to respond in anger, or feel resentment seeping into my heart over some slight, almost always I stop a moment. There is another way to approach the situation, any situation. Standing for peace five minutes a day ... Read more

If you don't have time to flip over there and read the article, would you be so kind as to share something in the comments here about your own journey to peace, either in your life today or anywhere in the world?

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This is not my time to stop and rest. This is my time to clean up the messes we've made and build a good world, not a better world, a good world. I do not want my grandchildren to think I did not do enough to prevent runaway global warming and create a better world for them and their children. Every day, I do what I can. Every web page, blog post and network contribution I make is part of that. Every dollar I spend--or choose not to spend--is part of that. Every light, every faucet, I turn on and off is part of that--or not!
Day by day, I am learning to make better choices. When they work for me, I share them that others might take heart as well.